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Matt Western vs Emma Foody

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Emma Foody voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

357 same votes 1 different votes 358 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
51 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
51 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
590 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
48.9% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
254
51.1% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API